The world's first domestic
communications dual-band satellite, operating in both C- and Ku-bands. Also
the world’s first commercial Direct Broadcast Satellite.

Anik B was retired December 1986;
exceeding its seven-year design life by 1 year.

Anik C

Anik C3

Ku-band 16 transponders

Launched
November 1982 on the first commercial flight of NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia

C3 was
retired June 1997; exceeding nine-year life by 5.6 years

Anik C2*

Ku-band 16 transponders

Deployed in June 1983 from the Space
Shuttle Challenger by astronaut Sally Ride - the first American woman in
space.

C2 was retired in January 1998;
exceeding its nine-year design life by 5.6 years

Anik C1*

Ku-band 16 transponders

Launched in April 1985 (Space Shuttle
Discovery) and placed in a storage orbit until May 1989.

*January 1993, Telesat sold Anik C1
and C2 to Paracom Satelites of Argentina to form part of Argentina’s first Ku-band domestic satellite communications system. Telesat operated both satellites
from Ottawa.

In 1998, Telesat sold Anik C1 to
Telesat Serviços de Telecommunicação S.A., a newly formed company owned by Telesat
subsidiary Telesat Ltda and Brazilian firm Partel.

In early 2000, Telesat bought out the
interests of Partel, and in August 2000, sold Anik C1 to its final owner,
Loral Space & Communications.

Telesat decommissioned Anik C1 in May,
2003, exceeding its nine-year design life by 9.1 years.

Anik D

Anik D1

C-band 24
transponders

Launched in August
1982 by Delta rocket

Retired in
December 1991; exceeding nine-year design life by 4 months

Anik D2

C-band 24
transponders

Launched in November 1984 by the Space
Shuttle Discovery

Sold to GE
Americom in 1991

Sold to ARABSAT in
1993, operated by Telesat for ARABSAT

D2 was retired
January 1995; exceeding nine-year design life by 2.2 years

Anik E

Anik E2

C-band 24
transponders

Ku-band 16
transponders

Covers U.S. and Canada

Covers U.S. and Canada. Ku-band transponders
3 times more powerful than those of Anik Cs.

Launched April
1991 on an Ariane 4 launch vehicle from Arianespace launch site in Kourou, French Guiana

E2 retired November 2005; exceeding
12-year design life by 2.6 years

Anik E1

C-band 24
transponders

Ku-band 16
transponders

Covers U.S. and Canada

Covers U.S. and Canada. Ku-band transponders
3 times more powerful than those of Anik Cs.

Launched September
1991 on an Ariane 4 launch vehicle from Arianespace launch site in Kourou, French Guiana

E1 retired January 2005; exceeding
12-year design life by 1.3 years.

Anik E satellites were de-orbited in
2005*, with both having exceeded their design lifetimes — a remarkable accomplishment
considering their history. In 1994, a solar storm hit both satellites
simultaneously, resulting in momentum wheel failures aboard each spacecraft.
While E1 was restored to service within hours, The satellite was leased twice
— first to a private company in Venezuela in support of a bid to bring the
67° W orbital slot into service, and immediately thereafter to the Government
of Argentina to support a bid for the 81° W orbital slot.

Anik F

Anik F1

C-band 24; Ku-band
32

C-band 12; Ku-band
16

North America coverage

South America coverage

Launched November
2000 on an Ariane 44L rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French
Guiana

15-year service
life

In August 2001, the manufacturer of the Anik F1 satellite advised
Telesat of a gradual decline in power on the satellite. This power decline
required Telesat to construct and launch another satellite to maintain
continuity of service to its customers. Anik F1R was successfully launched in
September 2005 in time to ensure that service to Anik F1’s customers was not
interrupted. Anik F1 is now being used exclusively for service to South America.

Launched May 1999
on Proton D-1-E rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Khazakstan

12-year service
life

Nimiq 2

DBS-band 32 transponders

Ka-band 2
transponders (experimental)

Launched December
2002 on Proton M/Breeze M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in high-powered Khazakstan
12-year service life

Nimiq 3

[in Telesat’s
service] 2004

Nimiq 4i

[in Telesat’s
service] 2005

The Nimiq 3
and 4i satellites—collocated with Nimiq 2 and Nimiq 1 respectively—were
obtained from DirecTV.

Nimiq 4

Under
construction; slated for service in 2nd half of 2008

(*Using their own propulsion systems,
no longer operational and expended satellites are moved out of the
geostationary orbit,
where the majority of Telesat satellites are located, and into higher parking
orbits).